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Amazing animals: bats on treadmills, and showering elephants

Amazing animals: bats on treadmills, and showering elephants

Update: 2024-11-22
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In this animal-themed edition of the news: What prompted scientists to put vampire bats on a treadmill? Also ahead: why medicinal leeches are returning to the UK's waterways. Plus, the spiders that know what kind of food will satisfy their dietary needs. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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Amazing animals: bats on treadmills, and showering elephants

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